Status of earth observing system Terra and Aqua moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer level 1B algorithm

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Toller, Gary ^a   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^b   Chiang, Vincent ^c   Kuyper, James ^a   Sun, Junqiang ^c   Tan, Liqin ^a   Barnes, William ^b,d  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; L1B algorithm; MODIS; Remote sensing; Terra

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NASA; ORBITS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; TABLE LOOKUP;

AQUA; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENT CHARACTERIZATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; SOLAR DIFFUSER STABILITY MONITORS; SPECTRO-RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY; TERRA;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 61349130848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2839442     Document Type: Article

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